You are completing a right turn on a Texas road. According to the manual, where should your vehicle be in relation to the right edge of the road?
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A.
About three feet from the right edge of the road
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B.
Straddling the right-lane line as you turn
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C.
In the center of the lane throughout the turn
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D.
As close as possible to the right edge of the road Correct
The answer is "As close as possible to the right edge of the road"
For a right turn the manual is explicit: keep as close as possible to the right edge of the road. Choice A is what a driver reaches for by scaling the 6-to-18-inch parallel-parking curb distance up into a moving-turn number, which the manual never sets.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. About three feet from the right edge of the road
Overstates the distance the manual sets for a right turn. This answer scales the 6-to-18-inch parallel-parking curb rule up into a moving-turn distance the manual never states.
B. Straddling the right-lane line as you turn
Puts the vehicle on the wrong side of the manual's tight-to-the-edge instruction. This answer borrows the swing-wide habit some drivers pick up from watching trucks or large vans.
C. In the center of the lane throughout the turn
Ignores the specific right-edge positioning the manual sets for a right turn. This answer applies the general middle-of-lane driving position where the manual expects a tight right-edge hug.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "How to Make a Right Turn," p.40..
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